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Dining, Drinking, And
Deal-Making
By Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway
© Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved
- At the most exclusive restaurant in Caracas, you need a well-placed table to impress your new client. Like the song says, "You can't always get what you want ..." unless you tip the:
- A. Sommelier
- B. Maitre d'
- C. Waiter
- Marshmallows, corn on the cob, grits, pumpkin pie, crawfish, hot dogs.
True or false: Most Europeans love the aforementioned US munchies.
- US executives often think they have no food taboos; however, in
consideration of delicate US sensibilities, an entree was removed from the
menus of Korean restaurants during the 1988 Olympics. What was it?
- A. Snake
- B. Dog
- C. Horse
- In what order do the seven courses in a Parisian restaurant arrive?
- A. Soup, salad, meat or fowl, sorbet, fish, dessert, coffee
- B. Soup, fish, sorbet, meat or fowl, salad, dessert, coffee
- It is said that toasts should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to
cover the subject, short enough to be amusing. Match the toast with the
country.
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| A. Germany |
1. Slainte |
| B. Japan |
2. Prosit |
| C. Ireland |
3. Kampai |
- True or false: Dinner reservations in Spain are generally for 8 p.m.
- Your final interview in Milan is conducted over lunch. As sophisticated as
you are, you commit a few dining faux pas. Which of the following is not
an error in etiquette?
- A. Leaving a trail of lipstick on the crystal
- B. Leaning your utensils off the edge of the plate, onto the table
- C. Cutting your pasta with your knife
D. Folding your salad with your knife, instead of cutting it
- In Guatemala, you may be offered a drink with a legend attached: In order
to seduce a pretty harpist, a demon pricked his finger and mixed a drop of
blood with sugar-cane liquor. True or false: The drink is called boj.
- Match the taste treat with its country.
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| A. Kidney pie |
1. Mexico |
| B. Haggis (sheep entrails) |
2. Oman |
| C. Grasshoppers |
3. England |
| D. Sheep's eyes |
4. Scotland |
- True or false: Saudi Arabians don't eat lobsters.
- Bonus question. True or false: You should never cut the point off brie cheese.
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